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THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CHOSE IRMA TROSCLAIR TO SERVE AS INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT. SHE WILL TAKE OVER THE ROLE NEXT MONTH REPLACING THE RETIRING SUPERINTENDENT DONALD AGUILLARD. TROSCLAIR, WHO IS CURRENTLY THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, WILL SERVE UNTIL JUNE OF NEXT YEAR. THE NEW SCHOOL BOARD THAT WILL BE ELECTED IN THE FALL WILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SELECTING A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT.
A MAN AND THREE TEENAGERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR A STRING OF VEHICLE BURGLARIES IN JENNINGS EARLIER THIS WEEK. 18-YEAR-OLD DOVONTEA GLOSTON AND THE THREE JUVENILES WERE DETAINED ON TUESDAY AFTER STOLEN PROPERTY WAS FOUND LINKING THEM TO THE CRIMES. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS A GROUP CHECKING UNLOCKED CARS IN THE EAST ACADEMY AREA MONDAY AND ONE CAR WAS STOLEN. JENNINGS POLICE SAY THE SUSPECTS ARE ALSO CONNECTED TO CRIMES IN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS.
RICHARD’S CAJUN FOODS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY PLANS FOR FURTHER EXPANSION AT THEIR CHURCH POINT FACILITY. YESTERDAY THEY HELD A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY TO CELEBRATE A RECENT EXPANSION THAT INCLUDED SIX THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL SPACE AND THREE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET THAT HAS BEEN RENOVATED. THE EXPANSION INCLUDED THE ADDITION OF TWELVE NEW EMPLOYEES. THE PLANNED EXPANSION FOR NEXT YEAR INCLUDES NEW OFFICE SPACE, A PAVILION, A TEST KITCHEN AND WILL ALSO INCLUDE TWENTY ADDITIONAL HOURLY AND SALARIED POSITIONS OVER THE NEXT 18 TO 24 MONTHS.
Lawmakers trying to enact state-level protections for people with preexisting health conditions, in case the federal health law is overturned, are running into a problem: how to pay for it. Gov. John Bel Edwards and Attorney General Jeff Landry are pushing separate bills to duplicate the preexisting condition provisions in the federal health overhaul. But the federal government helps subsidize the insurance coverage, which could be prohibitively expensive without assistance.
Sponsors of the state-level measures sought by Edwards and Landry sought Wednesday to work around cost concerns by offering no assurances the protections will ever take effect, if the federal law is overturned.
ONE WOMAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY SHE BECAME COMBATIVE AND COMMITTED BATTERY ON TWO NURSES AT A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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A TEENAGER DROWNED AFTER JUMPING OFF A BRIDGE IN MOSS BLUFF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. DEPUTIES WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE MARINE DIVISION RECOVERED THE BODY OF 16-YEAR-OLD WARDELL BAPTISTE OF NEW ORLEANS. BAPTISTE WAS VISITING THE AREA FOR SPRING BREAK AND AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED HE WAS PART OF A GROUP OF TEENS JUMPING FROM A BRIDGE ON DUNN FERRY ROAD. WHEN BAPTISTE JUMPED, HE SURFACED BUT WENT BACK UNDER THE WATER AND NEVER RESURFACED.
TWO PEOPLE FROM KROTZ SPRINGS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES. ST. LANDRY PARISH ANIMAL CONTROL AND RESCUE ALERTED POLICE ABOUT TWO DOGS CRAMMED INTO A SMALL CAGE. POLICE FOUND THE DOGS TO BE STARVING AND COVERED IN THEIR OWN WASTE, BUT THEY’VE SINCE BEEN TAKEN IN FOR TREATMENT. THE TWO KROTZ SPRINGS RESIDENTS WHO WERE ARRESTED ON THE ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES ARE AMANDA RYDER AND RANDY ARCEMENT.
Louisiana lawmakers are debating whether to ratify the long-stalled Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a proposal that has taken its first legislative step. The Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 4-3 Wednesday for the proposal to enact a constitutional provision outlawing discrimination based on gender. Congress in 1972 approved the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. If Louisiana approved Morrell’s legislation, it would become the 38th state to back the amendment, reaching the threshold needed for ratification though opponents say the deadline for approval was 1982.
